CSU Library Political Science Subject Guide

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Political Science Subject Guide

Databases and Journal Indexes
Print Sources
Internet Resources
Journals and Magazines

Databases and Journal Indexes

The following databases are only available to faculty, staff, and students of Charleston Southern University:

Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon

A general, multi-disciplinary database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals

CQ Researcher
A journal that contains original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Controversial topics addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner.

e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection: Expanded
Provides online access to journal titles published by Duke University Press. Subjects include the Humanities and Social Sciences. The number of titles in the collection is expected to grow from year to year. All of the journals are also accessible by title through the library's Journals by Title webpage.

EBSCO eBook Collection
A collection of over 21,000 electronic books available in full text online. These titles may be searched in the library's catalog or directly in the EBSCO database. Formerly known as NetLibrary, titles in this collection cover all subject areas.

Expanded Academic (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals.

General OneFile (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines ranging from architecture to biology and history to mathematics.

JSTOR
An archive of scholarly journals that offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.

LegalTrac (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

Provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. LegalTrac also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.

LexisNexis: Academic
Provides access to full-text legal, news, business, and medical publications. Includes law review articles and more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Provides access to the Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789, European Union law from the CELEX database, and international case law from a number of other countries. Includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, international news, and non-English language sources. Provides detailed company information and financial performance measures to identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Includes Company Dossier, Hoover's Company Reports, Disclosure reports, Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions, and SEC filings.

LexisNexis: Congressional
A comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest. It includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon

A database for current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. It provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

New York Times
Selected full text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present is available in several of the library's databases, with complete digital coverage from 2008 to three months ago available in ProQuest Digital Microfilm. In addition, the library keeps the last 8 weeks of the newspaper in paper format, and has 1851 to 2009 on microfilm. To locate the correct resource for the date you need, see this list.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context DISCUS icon

Provides contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, it features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Oxford Journals Online
Provides abstract and full text access to journals published by Oxford University Press. Disciplines covered in Oxford Journals are the humanities, law, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, medicine, and social sciences.

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Combines language and subject reference works together to form a large reference library. It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works.

SpringerLink
An online collection of science, technology, and mathematics (STM) books, journals, and reference works from Springer-Verlag. Subject areas covered include Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing.

STAT-USA (Not available from off campus. See Reference Librarian for on campus use)
A database that contains federal government statistics since 1985. Two distinct databases make up STAT-USA. State of the Nation (SOTN) contains information on the direction of the U.S. economy through a repository of economic indicators on topics such as employment, wholesale and retail prices, monetary and housing trends, gross domestic product, etc. Global Business Opportunities (GLOBUS) & the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) contain information on overseas buyers discovered by U.S. officials in the field. It contains over 200,000 current and historical documents on export opportunities by industry, country, and product; political and socio-economic conditions in hundreds of countries, etc.

U.S. History in Context (Gale) DISCUS icon

Provides contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

World History in Context (Gale) DISCUS icon

Provides contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. Merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

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Print Sources

Almanac of American Politics (Ref. JK 271 .A45 2002)

Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science and Business Research (Ref. J 9.5 .G37 2002)

Congressional Quarterly Almanac (Ref. JK 1 .C66 1966-2001)

Constitutional Law and Politics (Ref. KF 4541 .A7 O27 2003 v. 1-2)

Dictionary of Modern Politics (Ref. JA 61 .R63 2002)

Encyclopedia of Government and Politics (Ref. JA 61 .C66 2004 v. 1-2)

Political Handbook of the World (Ref. JF 37 .P6 1999)

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (Ref. J 80 .A283)

Statesman's Year-Book (Ref. JA 51 .S7 2003)

Style Manual for Political Science (Ref. JA 86 .A52 2001)

United States Government Manual(Ref. JK 421 .U57 2002/03)

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (Ref. G 103 .W65 2001 v. 1-6)

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Internet Resources

Census Information

FedStats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

Firstgov.gov
Portal to US government websites

Government Publication Office Documents

Keele Guides to Government and Politics on the Internet
Produced by Keele University in the U.K., this site includes links to world governments around the world and information about them (e.g., constitution)

PollingReport.com
An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.

State and Local Government on the Net
Links to state and local government sites as well as national associations

Statistical Resources on the Web

Supreme Court Opinions

THOMAS
Provides legislative information on the Internet; includes House and Senate directories, links to the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of government, as well as links to State and Local governments

The Urban Institute
Nonpartisan economic and social policy research

World Fact Book

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Journals and Magazines

The following journals are available in the CSU library:

Adelphi Papers

American Behavioral Scientist

American Journal of International Law

American Political Science Review

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Asian Survey

Background

Background on world politics

Church and State

Columbia journal of international affairs

Congressional Digest

Daedalus

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Policy

International studies quarterly

Journal of Asian Studies

Journal of International Affairs

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Journal of Political Economy

Journal of Politics

Latin American Politics & Society

Modern Age

Nation

National Civic Review

National Review

New Leader

New Republic

New world review

Orbis

Perspectives on politics

Political research, organization and design

Political Science Quarterly

Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science

PS: Political Science & Politics

Public Opinion Quarterly

Review of Politics

Social science quarterly

Social Science Quarterly

South Atlantic Quarterly

Southwestern Social Science Quarterly

State & Local Government Review

State (Department of State Newsletter)

United Nations Chronicle

Urban Affairs Review

Vital Speeches of the Day

Western Political Quarterly

World Politics

World Today

Worldview

Find a list of e-journals in political science available at CSU

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